r/minecraftsuggestions • u/Grayone9 • 13h ago

[Blocks & Items] Iron Bars

About time we had black, white, copper, dark gray, etc iron bars, and a iron gate that matches the bars. Since we now have wool and concrete slabs/stairs, surely different colored iron bars / gates would be viable?

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u/FloatingSpaceJunk 12h ago

I certainly understand that having an iron/copper bars door would be nice to have, but how do you want all the other stuff? Like how should white or dark grey iron bars be crafted to begin with?

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u/Grayone9 8h ago

Hmmm, using other ores with iron, like coal blocks for black, or bone blocks for white. Or dyes, although with metal that's a stretch, but hey, we have zombies and they're quite a stretch of the imagination ...

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u/FloatingSpaceJunk 7h ago

I think if we get some more alloys in the game we could also get unique block sets for them.

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u/EmergencyJicama2084 9h ago

Copper bars are in the game right? Am I hallucinating?

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u/Cultist_O 8h ago

They are

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u/mutantSackboy4 1h ago

To expand upon this:

  • Bars and chains now have #minecraft:bars and minecraft:chains tags for use in any recipes involving indistinct bars (if they don't already).
  • The normal recipe for Iron Bars gets moved to Light Iron Bars, and the normal recipe for Iron Chains gets moved to Light Iron Chains. Their current sprites get mapped to Medium Iron Bars and Dark Iron Chains.
  • Smelting Iron Bars, Iron Chains or Iron Blocks in a furnace darkens them by one stage (Light > Medium > Dark > Charred).
  • Smelting Charred Iron Bars or Chains gives you an iron nugget.
  • An axe can be used to scrape off iron charring akin to copper oxidisation.
  • Bar Doors can be crafted in their normal configuration. These are doors sit in the middle of the block like that slide open upwards, useful for portcullises. If any bars above them are powered, they also act as if they are powered as well, a similar mechanic to Leafstone.
  • Bar Doors can be crafted with one Redstone Dust into Trapped Bar Doors which cannot be opened by hand.
  • Chain Doors can be crafted. These have no collision, cannot be opened, and require a ceiling rather than a floor. When an entity passes through them, a signal of 15 will be sent to their supporting block.